'll look at whether another triple digit move on the dow today could play out.>>>appledippedbelow $400 a share yesterday. closed above that. this morning verizon reporting strong activations for the iphone for the last quarter. will that help this stock that's been in free fall? >>> pepsi beating expectations this morning. jim has an interview with the ceo. >>> paypal under pressure this morning, facing increased competition from amazon and others. we'll break down numbers and talk exclusive to john donahoe, ebay's ceo coming up. >>> futures on the rise after yesterday's drop of 138 points in the dow which is now posted three consecutive days of triple digit moves, including the big sell-off, 266 on monday an tuesday's rebound. just two weeks ago the s&p came within two points of 1,600. leads us to sort of a broad discussion of where we are in corporate earnings. i see two-thirds have beaten on the top line. less than half beating -- actually less than half beating on revenue. two-thirds beating on earnings. >> carl, the market is so short-term oriented, we had a couple bad ones yester

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the tablet market, aren't they? who is there first?>>apple. >>because it's an ipad. >> exactly. ipads there and other companies, google nexus is a big one. samsung has some coming down the line here. we'll diversify away from the ipad but intel is underrepresented there. >> what about these new half tablet, half pc things that are half clam shell but you can pull them apart. does intel have a chance to lead there? >> there are a number of factors. the one you're referring to is a convertible. they are really focused more on ultrabooks and sliders where you can actually slide the top display and flip it over and it turns into a tablet. >> they are expensive and haeav, right? >> some ultrabooks will be priced at 499 this year. that's a new low price point for them. >> the stuff with intel in that their bragging rights have to do with manufacturing process and how well they're doing there. is that a reason to buy the stock? when gross margins go up, i heard that you buy stock when margins are rising and sell it when they're going back down. are either one of those factors enough to o